YEAREND SPECIAL: Swine flu pandemic takes its toll on academic year
After more than three months of summer vacation and the postponement of…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Damascus: A little bit Cairo, a lot of Shaami
As a foreigner numbed by Cairo's constant pace, clatter and change, I…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Faint traces, low hopes for local music
There are two problems with trends: they are easily substituted and their…
YEAREND SPECIAL: International achievements of Egyptian athletes remain unnoticed
Egyptian athletes continued their impressive winning streaks in most sports with volleyball,…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon
All eyes were on the world's decision-makers who gathered at the United…
YEAREND SPECIAL: The best films of 2009
For the past four years, my best-films-of-the-year list has been restricted to…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian football turning tides in 2009
For Egyptian fans, football fuelled the real drama of 2009 with the…
Egypt to demand return of Nefertiti bust from Germany
CAIRO: Egypt s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on Sunday that Cairo…
Mahalla labor activists may go on hunger strike
CAIRO: Labor activists from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory are threatening to…
Telecom Egypt to seek mobile service: report
CAIRO: Egypt s fixed-line monopoly Telecom Egypt will need to provide mobile…